Prime Minister to lay the foundation stone for the permanent complex of NISER: Deserves a warm welcome and people of Odisha are indeed thankful to him

When we the people of Odisha protested for NIS while locating IISER in Kolkata, the prime minister gave us an equivalent institution, NISER, as par with IISER under Department of Atomic Energy despite MHRD not willing to establish new IISER in Odisha. Similarly, Odisha's demand for IIT, Central University and World Class Central University (in other words Innovation or National University) were rewared. On the other hand when Kalahandi people have been demanding for a Central University since two decades Odisha Chief Minister betrayed Kalahandi in the last moment and announced two state level colleges with a fund of 10 crore instead of 800 crore Central University. In fact, Prime Minister Office had forawarded our letter on injustice towards Kalahandi to MHRD which promised for IGNTU off campus in Kalahandi based on a letter from local MP from Kalahandi. It seems there is no interest from Odisha Chief Minister for IGNTU off campus in Kalahandi. Therefore, honorable prime minister deserves a warm welcome in Odisha for his honesty, rationality and intelectual thinking. Indeed we are indebtly thankful to him.

PM to interact with economists during Orissa visit
PTI, Dec 17, 2009

Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will interact with economists from across the country and lay foundation stone of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) during his five-hour visit here on December 27.


Orissa Home Secretary A P Padhi said Singh on his arrival here would go to the venue of the 92nd annual conference of Indian Economic Association (IEA) where he is scheduled to spend about two hours.

The PM's interaction with economists is significant in view of the rising prices of essential commodities.

About 3,000 delegates of the IEA affiliated to International Economic Association will attend the programme, official sources said.

Later, Singh will lay the foundation stone for the permanent complex of NISER. The institute is functioning from the campus of Institute of Physics here.

This is Singh's second visit to Orissa as Prime Minister. His first visit was in 2006.